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Nice guitar. Explorer type guitars always have a lot of tone because you have the mass of that hockey stick peg head vibrating and you have a big body with a lot of mass but two extended points that resonate. Crank up the amp and it going to carry all that resonance to the speakers and you get that big full sound. I bet this is why Eddie used a Destroyer in the studio. They just sound great.
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Last time I saw Cheap Trick Rick Nielsen played one of his original 50’s Gibson Explorers. They made 16 of them and Rick has two. It was the best sounding guitar out of everything he played that night. I was seated in a grand stand with a big over hang facing the stage and the front of house guy really had the PA dialed in perfect. Good stuff!
Yep, Ol Rick is quite the collector!
One sold at auction for a million. Rick takes his on the road. He’s got a few rare ones he plays live.
It did occur to me.
How much did you pay for that?
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I saw a pretty clean one for sale about five years ago and they wanted $3,000 for it. The Ibanez Destroyers aren’t Korina wood. They are actually made of a Japanese hardwood. I think a plumb tree wood if I remember right. They sound great though.
https://www.guitarworld.com/news/was...anez-destroyer
Chis Holmes Destroyer was used by Eddie to record Women and Children First with.
I bought a Destroyer from a kid for $100 a few years ago - it was very good value at that but I haven't really played it.Originally Posted by Nitro Express
What year is it? $100 is a heck of a good deal on any guitar that plays decent.
I paid $1200.00
Over 10 years ago
Here is a 77 Greco for $6,300.00 + shipping
https://www.ebay.com/itm/15527632625...mis&media=COPY
What's the finish on a 70's Ibanez explorer? Nitrocellulose or polyurethane?
Looks all original. Pretty clean but the nut area is buggered. Guitar prices are so crazy now. I have a rare Kalamazoo built super Strat and one just like mine but in worse condition went for $2,800 on Reverb. I bought a Gibson 59 Les Paul reissue right when Gibson got their quality control straightened out under the new management. Great guitar but I'm glad I snagged it when I did because prices are shooting up.
Neither
Its an amber colored epoxy finish. Very prone to chipping.
It's Korean from 2001. It was like a Craigs List thing where I met the kid at a train station. I was so sure about the deal I actually didn't even think to open the case until I was a few minutes walk away.
It's totally playable and fine but obviously I have some better guitars. I've been thinking about sticking a spare Di Marzio Tone Zone pickup I have (drunk Ebay purchase when I needed an 'F' Spaced one) in it but that seems weird as it cost about as much as the guitar.
Although I guess in a way they may seem a bit 'out there' the body shape of Explorers and Destroyers are actually totally practical and arguably better than say a Les Paul so I have been thinking for a while about getting a good one.
I think you've done well with that as an investment...
My experience with Korean made guitars has been good. Most of them are built by Sammick which is a ghost builder for various brands. If it sounds good unplugged then it’s going to sound good with a decent pickup. If the truss rod works, there is no neck warping and the frets are profiled decent you can make it play decent. $100 doesn’t even buy firewood these days.It's Korean from 2001. It was like a Craigs List thing where I met the kid at a train station. I was so sure about the deal I actually didn't even think to open the case until I was a few minutes walk away.
It's totally playable and fine but obviously I have some better guitars. I've been thinking about sticking a spare Di Marzio Tone Zone pickup I have (drunk Ebay purchase when I needed an 'F' Spaced one) in it but that seems weird as it cost about as much as the guitar.
I actually bought a Heritage with a back bowed neck for a pretty good price. I just loosened the truss rod nut to where it was putting no presser on the neck. I threw some 11 gauge strings on it and tuned it to A 440. Put a humidifier in the case and a month later the neck was fine. My gamble paid off. Really nice playing guitar now. I keep 10 gauge strings on it.
Think about how out there that body shape was in 1957? Both V’s and explorers sound great. Eddie used a 50’s V for Hot For Teacher and a Ibanez Destroyer was used for many of his early recordings. My theory is you get more resonance from those points on the body. Explorers are well balanced and easy to play. They have great necks. They were popular in the 70’s because you could play fast on them and they sounded great through a cranked amp. Playing high up on the neck was no problem. Super Strats really hadn’t developed yet. Les Pauls were very heavy and not great for fast guitar work high up on the fretboard.
The case my Gibson Explorer goes in is the size of a card table. It’s huge!
I had a Ibanez Roadstar with a flamed maple top in cherry burst. This was early 80’s. I was tuning it with a pitch pipe (remember those days?). The pitch pipe fell out of my mouth, hit the top of the guitar body and cracked the finish like it was glass. I was pissed. It must have had an epoxy finish as well. Polyurethane just dents.
Yep, thinking so
HaHa! Yep
There you go!
Yeah Destroyers are much much smaller.
I also have a Schecter Flying V1 Classic which is Korean and a decent guitar. I bought it new reduced from $1200 to $400 in a clearance sale when it was being discontinued. Again it's way smaller than the equivalent Gibson.
When I looked for a picture of it to post here I got one from an advert selling it 6 years ago at the same price I'm boasting about getting it for 11 years ago so maybe I didn't do that well on it after all.
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I have a Schecter Michael Anthony signature bass. Love it! The neck is great.
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